☆ a large couch or sofa, sometimes convertible into a bed
Brit. a small writing desk with a hinged lid
city in E Iowa, on the Mississippi: pop. 98,000
See davenport in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dăvˈən-pôrtˌ, -pōrtˌ)
noun
A large sofa, often convertible into a bed.
A small desk.
(dăvˈĭn-pôrtˌ, -pōrtˌ)
A city of eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River opposite Moline and Rock Island, Illinois. It grew rapidly after the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi was completed in 1856. Population: 99,500.
, John 1597-1670.
English Puritan who fled to America in 1637 and helped found a colony at New Haven, Connecticut.